good afternoon, everyone, i'm larry beil. >> i'm cheryl jennings. >> the nation's top cop says the war on drugs isn't working. the attorney general eric holder spoke in san francisco and told the american bar association it's time to reform federal drug prosecutions. >> mark matthews joins us live now withholder's speech and

the reaction. mark? >> he didn't talk about federal prosecution of medical marijuana but eric holder wants to scale back on the amount of prison time for what he called low-level nonviolent drug offenders. he's going to instruct u.s. attorneys to reduce charges to limit those mandatory minimum sentences. at the american bar association meeting this morning attorney general holder call forward a gnaw approach to inen forcing drug laws. >> very mandated a modification of the justice department's charging policies so certain low level, nonviolent drug offenders will no longer be charged with offense that's impose draconian mandatory sentence autos holder says since 19 80s the country's population increased by a third but federal prison population has gone up 800%. >> we cannot simply prosecute our way to becoming a safer

nation. >> holder says he's trouble bid a report black male drug offenders are receiving sentence that's are 20% longer than those on white males convicted of similar crimes. >> this isn't just unacceptable, it's shameful. it is... he says it would billions the u.s. spends and this afternoon, the district attorney applauded holder's decision and said he thinks drug possession ought to be a misdemeanor. >> reducing sentencing to one year i think is the right thing to do. >> george gascone is exploring the idea of writing his proposal on to a state wide initiative for the 2013 ballot. >> former secretary of state clinton just wrapped up speeches at that same event receiving the highest honor from the american bar

association. the political guessing game is underway. will she, or won't she run for president? you're going hear from mrs. clinton and what experts are saying about a phone shall run, coming up at 5:00. >> awe r.a 10-year-old boy underwent surgery after he was attacked by a neighbor's pit bulls. he was at a friend's house, police say one dog began bigt his head arm and face. his mother says both dogs attacked him. the friend tried pulling animals off but he was bitten. hunter taken to uc davis metd cal center, surgeons operated on him once ask scheduled a second surgery for tomorrow, his mother says it left her son missing part of his face, ears and eye brows. >> he hasn't seen himself or his bandages we haven't explained it to him yet. we're going to wait to see what is going to happen outcome and keep it positive.2ys

>> animal care and contrailer has taken only one of the dogs from the house at this point. it will be quarantine forward several days. the other dog is still at the home. >> the father of a rescued teenager talked to reporters today he was reunited with his daughter, hannah anderson kidnapped in san diego county by what was a close family friend or so they thought. her younger brother and mother were killed in a fire this sunday. we have more on the relief of a grieving father. >> hannah anderson is home. >> for my daughter, the healing process will be slow. shaez been through a tremendous, horrific ordeal. >> the kidnapped teen has been reunited with her family in southern california following a week long manhunt stretching to idaho. >> i am proud of her and i love her very much. >> four civilians spotted hannah and her 40-year-old accused kidnapper, james dimaggio last week in the rugged back woods of idaho.

>> i'd seen fear in her eyes. i didn't like what i seen in his eye autos they say hahna, wearing pajamas, looked scared and kept looking away. >> they called police after seeing the amber alert on tv. over the weekend, the fbi hostage rescue team found dimaggio's camp si. he was shot and killed after investigators say he refused to surrender. >> during the interview with hannah, after her recovery up in idaho that she was first told about the deaths of her mother and her little brother. >> a close family friend of the anlder sons believe dimaggio was infatuated with hannah. murdering her mother and younger brother before setting fire to his home in san diego count yeef. >> it's been hard to put the murder of my daughter and grandson on hold to focus 100% on hannah and getting her home. >> hannah's father believes

the flood of amber alerts helped save his daughter, he's urging people to pay attention to them so other missing children can be found. >> most of us received an net fiction on our phone ootz urgent message lawmakers have for you when it comes to the wireless emergency alert. >> oakland police say they are not ready yet to release identity of a woman found during a search in solano county. searchers discovered a body looking for sandra coke. coke vanished august 4th last seen with randy alana, a sex offender a long criminal history. police called him a person of interest on the disappearance. >> a former antioch special education teach year accused of physically abusing young autistic students pleaded not guilty today. the 53-year-old resigned in february a month after parents reported her to police.

prosecutors contend she abused six students, including some who were nonverbal. she's been ordered to return to court tuesday and to have the a -- post a $200,000 property bond. >> good news for activists who want to save the main post office in berkeley. the mayor received word a panel will hear his ayeel to block closure of the building. the service wants to move retail services to another location and sell the main post office. the mayor has until september 3 to present the case to the postal commission. the prc has until late november to make a decision. >> bart trains are running today after a judge ordered a 60 day cooling off period in contract negotiations between the transit agency and unions. now there are no new scheduled talks. there is a possibility employees could strike.

>> and now from bart a former transportation we know to another we might see in the future. >> abc 7 news has more on something called hyper loop. strap me in, wayne, when can we go? >> the we must think elan must. today sh we saw details of the two transportation system making high speed rail seem like a nail's -- snail's pace by compare sochblt you're looking at elan's musk solution to planes, trains and automobiles. imagine traveling in a tube from san francisco to los angeles in 30 minutes. he laid out the concept today it would feel like being in an airplane. so it's initial ak celebration traveling at speeds you don't

notice the speed. it would be smooth like you're riding on a cushion of air, really. >> the pods traveling on small cushion as above ground powered by energy, if it seems far fetched you're not looking far enough into the future, you don't know elan musk. >> he's motivate bid taking on impossible tasks and being successful. >> musk developed pay pal and musk with his engineers developing the tesla electric car. he's not pairngtsly a person standing on past accomplishments. >> after you'd made your first billion dollars the second billion isn't going to do much for you. and if you want to really compete among your peers to show you're the smartest kid on the block you're going come up with bigger projects to

take on. among billionaires that is what the status is. it isn't money. status is changing the world. >> the pods could leave every 30 seconds. as to cost, well, maybe $10 billin. the hyper loop system would not happen for keck yaids but i did say today he does plan to build a demonstration project he did not say where. so we have something to look forward to. >> that is pretty cool. >> very cool. >> thank you very much. >> spencer was saying almost the same thing to me after his first billion, the second billion just didn't do much for him. >> i'm not going to work on the second billion. it's not worth the time, i think or investment of energy. coast but mainly sunny skies. here is a look across the ferry building temperatures 67

here, 71 oakland. 79 san jose. 81 also gatos. it's mild to warm across the bay area, here is a loif view looking west, just a little bit 6 clouds up at the coast. lots of blue sky as bu. 79 in santa rosa. 87 livermore, napa, 74. now looking towards taking a look at the first forecast. remaining mild and we'll see low clouds in patches here and there some lingering low clouds. the warmer pattern settles in and will be with us much of the week, high temperatures load to mid-60s at the coast to 90s inland. more 90s#[

have the accu-weather forecast coming up in just a few minute autos thank you. >> still ahead on abc news at 4:00 a rodeo clown's decision anymore big trouble. >> and a small victory for celebrity chef paula deen. >> a nearly 50-foot sink hole swallows up part of a popular vacation resort. >> michael finney will take your questions and answer them here live a little bit later on. i'm not sure about that. >> sink hole, right. we'll get it. and on twitter at m finney. >> michael is not in there just in case. >> no. no. good to know. >> let's take a look at traffic this is walnut creek. it's not bad there are folks still on holiday vacation. so pretty light traffic. stay wit

>> investigators want to find out what sparked this fire that broke out around 5:00 a.m. in vacaville. neighbors reported hearing several loud explosions. no reports of any injuries. >> a major victory for lgbt community. transgender students in

california are loued to go inside any rest room and locker room they want. governor brown erased barriers in sex-segregated programs and facilities. students born as one sex but identify with the opposite can choose which bathrooms and sports team locker rooms in which they're most comfortable. critics say the bill could cause an invasion of privacy. >> facebook moving into restaurants. >> bloomberg west is here with this after the fwhoon this afternoon's after the bell report. >> hi, cheryl, hi, larry facebook partnered with open table. users of the social network able to book tables at popular restaurants while on the go. users can navigate to reservation site using the facebook mobile app. fidelity investments helping keep stock market information

at eye level. just announcing its launched an app for google glass. it also let's you snap a picture of a company log grow get news and information about a stock price. speaking of stocks turning to action on wall street, u.s. shares closing mixed with s and p 500 falling for a fifth time in six sessions. your bloomberg silicon valley rose getting a lift from shares of apple and yahoo. and your are your own adventure is back. popular sfrrz 1980s and 90s put the reader in charge of the story is back with a twist. the creative minds behind the beloved books have turned to crowd funding for a similar art concept for cartoons. based on best selling titles and aimed at children ages

five through seven. loved those books. larry, cheryl, back to you. >> a a rodeo has been criticized as disrespectful. the clown put on a president obama mask saturday night then asked spectators if they wanted to see, quote, obama run down by a bull, end of quote. many responded enthusiasticly. he also said we're going to smoke obama, man, end of quote. he's apologized saying he never meant to offend anyone. the missouri rodeo cowboy association says discipline will be taken. underway. the space center was one of spots offering a few last night people set to see stars.

it's a different view in other parts of the world. one man caught this image of the shower and says he set thup camera to take 30 second exposures then used a software program to layer on top of each other. that is great looking. >> that is amazing. >> so we'll have a better view tonight. we'll have a little bit less fog. we're looking at clear skies tonight. here is a look at live doppler 7. you can see we have low clouds. you couldn't tell that by looking at this shot. low clouds making it look dreary there. a great view of the showers warmer pattern settling in with highs around or above 90 degrees over the next few tlee days. water vapor shows a dip in the

=ssgd that is why as you follow animation you can seeg4o overnight, into tomorrow, clouds will be away from the coastline. we'll have sunny skies tomorrow. from coast toinland and of course going to be warmer with more sunshine available to us. little patches can be seen near the coast. and tomorrow, high temperatures upper 70s to mid-80s. on the pin anyone slarks low to mid-70s then mid to upper 70s, 78 in mountain view on the coast. low to mid-60s, highs of 62 in pacifica. 66 half moon bay. downtown a high of 68 degrees. north bay, nice, sunny warm

across the board. east bay highs 7234 oakland. 79 in castro valley. 78 fremont. this is as close as summer time norms. highs into upper 80s to low 90s. here is a look at the accu-weather forecast. almost entire forecast is going to be nice and warm highs dip back into mid to upper 80s but bouncing back sunday and monday. around the bay mi highs near 80 and mid-60s open the coast. >> nice, thank you. >> coming up next, the force is strong-1ktv with george luca.

the big family announcement. >> jason did you havener's pga win reignited a

a judge has known out a suit against paula deen. >> saying she was subjected to

racist attitudes and sexual harass nmt five years she ran deen's georgia restaurant. >> the judge ruled the former manager had no standing to sue for race but did allow sexual harassment suit to proceed. the food network dropped deen. >> george lucas and his wife are new parents to a baby girl. the child arrived on friday born through a surrogate given the name everest hobson lucas. lucas and hobson got married in june. the addition will -- it's an addition to join lucas's three adopted kids congrad layings to them. new family member. >> angelina jolie makes fans' dreams come true and matt damon with another win at box office. >> you it's back to reality for disney fans after a

weekend of dreams coming true. dubbed ultimate event, they caught a glimpse of disney star's floating new movies fans goring to like it. i've been a fan since i was a little girl we felt waits important to get it right. we hope we did. >> look who else showed up. captain america. not that one but star, chris evans from captain america. he told us he was thrilled to see fans face-to-face. >> spishlly for these fans making movies possible w out these built in audiences, i don't think these movies get off the ground loo look for next captain america in april. see more from the stars on otrc.com.

matt damon's skif eye spectacle blasted to the top of the box office over the weekend. we're the millers second,. check out otrc.com for all of your entertainment news, any time. >> and still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 jurors reach a verdict in whitey bulger. reaction from victims who say this day was a long time coming. plus... a hasiv opens up under a vacation resort. the man credited for saving them. >> and dramatic mudslides. rescues

it took nearly a week but the jury did convict james whitey bulger for a string of murders and crimes dating back to 1970s finding him guilty of 31 of 32 charges including 11 murders as well as extortion, racketeering and money

laundering. the panel of eight men and four women deliberated 30 hours over five days reaching their verdicts this morning. >> after 31 years, after a lot of fbi cover ups, and lies, we finally have somebody guilty in the murder of my father. >> bulger was a one time fbi informant became one of the top 10 wanted criminals in 1994. he spent 16 years on the run being captured in santa monica in 2011. his attorney says they will appeal. >> mayor bloomberg vowing to appeal a ruling that the new york police department's controversial stop and frisk is unconstitutional. the judge ruled it unfairly targets blacks and hispanics. the judge ruled it can continue but, will appoint an independent monitor to make sure stops are carried out

legally. bill branton brought that policy to new york in 1994 when serving as police commissioner. >> the patrol continues to investigate a fatal4 crash. >> when officers arrived one man was dead and the driver, missing. david louie is live in santa clara county. david? >> it's a complicated case because there were no witnesses at the party bus struck a tree and rolled down an enbankment. investigators sate driver was unwilling or unable to communicate. wla officers described as a party bus going northbound just about alpine road exit

a passenger was killed. he was described as in his 30s. the driver apparently walked away.. >> he's in the cooperating. he had been transported to stanford in order to get it checked out. >> the bus was a convertd bus. the chp said it appears to be set up for nine people. the name of the owner has in the been released. officers said waits not in use as a party bus at the time of the accident. it's is not a typical limb scene or party bus such as one involved in the santa cruz mountains. a spokesman at the public utilities commission was not familiar with vans converted into party buses nor was the staff of senator jerry hill

who wrote the law on under aged drinking on party buses. the patrol has not said whether alcohol was involved. we just got this update from the california patrol. it is a drunk driving case. a dui. the suspect has been -- driver has been identified and facing three felonies now for hit and run, dui, and manslaughter. of a sink hole that swallowed up part of a resort. take a look at the damage. the sink hole caused a third of the three story structure abc news has more now in just minutes a resort became a scene of chaos.

>> we heard >> the villa began to collapse into a sink hole. >> one woman washw5ç sitting ina tub. it levitated. >> all of the guests were able to get out safely. the security guard had only been on duty five minutes before he was singlehandedly coordinating evacuation eyes just happened to be at the right place at the right time. >> florida is the sink hole capital of the u.s.. jeff bush died there when the ground collapsed under his home. without the support, the ground can give way at any moment. one contractor says sink holes are a big business there. >> when he under pin 30 to 40

homes in a month. >> metal rods used to bracket a home. it's not cheap from 25,000ses today $50,000 per home. today guests are still in shock but grateful to be alive. >> authorities are investigating what caused the sink hole. officials say 48 three-story units are a loss. abc news, washington. >> amazing damage there. here nor flash flooding over the weekend. home video captured a scene flood water down the street more than 30 miles per hour bystanders watched a 70-year-old deciding to jump from his car. he survived thanks to another trapped motorist. >> next thing i knew cars were

flying past me. i had to pick up just barely missed me. >> one person die ntd slide destroying six houses and damaged nearly three dozen more in an area burned by the waldo canyon fire. >> terrible there. in oklahoma teachers and students going to head back to school this week today more than a thousand teacher as tended a welcome back ceremony, officials say family will be the theme. >> 24 people died in the tornado may 20th including severalkafí children. students start class friday. >> an american peace activist calling for u.s. army private bradley manning to wint peace prize. manning nominated for the prize in june is facing up to 90 years in prison after being

convicted of disclosing classified information to wiki leaks. 100,000 signatures, backers claim the leaks helped end the we'll be right back. -- war with iraq. >> coming up, we've had tebowing and kaepernicking. how about duffnering? it's back in style. >> the dramatic rescue of a couple hanging outside of a 4th story window. >> in today's seven on your side q skb a is just ahead. you can contact me on faceboo facebook.com and on twitter at m finney. i'll answer questions there live a little bit later are. >> looking westward, mainly clear skies. a warming trend. what temperatures will be like where your in just a moment+x>.

>> traffic going to lower deck has been backed up for hours. not much better for folk

get ready for the next craze, it is duffnering.

the phrase is an honor of this guy stemming from a photo of this notoriously, shall we say low-key golfer sort of dozing off during an appearance at a school in april is now a social media craze. duffner admitted his personality makes him an easy target. >> guys make fun of me for my weight, my hair and you know, i thought it was funny. you know? it's what every kid does in school. >> the 36-year-old says he's fine with being identifying with duffnering but will be likely become as well known for the game. >> it's like with a we do on commercial breaks right. >> some of us do it more than other autos spencer not duffnering right now.

>> not at the moment. we have low clouds in patches near the coastline but sunny skies across the bay area. we'll have scattered showers along atlantic coast. dallas, steamy with a high of 99. phoenix, 107. across california high temperatures up closer to seasonal norms. 100 in fresno. 80s in los angeles, here are in the bay area our warming trend continues tomorrow for the first time we'll see highs around 90 degrees. 90 tomorrow in antioch. upper 80s in other locations we'll see mid-80s up in the north bay. 70s around the bay and mid-60s

on the coast. so getting warmer, lovely weather. no rain, no fog, no clouds. >> thank you. >> after we're done. >> right. >> still ahead a what is in a name? why a judge changed a 7-month-old boy's first name now, his mother is fighting it. >> is your driving record free to see just like your

look at these images a fight between one couple in china took a frightening turn. the woman sitting on a window ledge arguing with her boyfriend. she slipped. the man was able to catch her but he was dragged out of the window in the process. neighbors saw this happen and ran to the rescue and they clung on to legs until firefighters arrived with a ladder. it took 20 minutes and it was terrifying. both were rescued safely. another rescues to tell but

involving many more people and a greater height. 75 tourists riding cable cars in the yu crane had to be rescued one by one when the tram stopped 500 feet in the air. the ordeal took eight hours. the operation complicated by strong winds and presence of pine tree autos both situations were terrifying. a mother in tennessee plans to appeal a ruling prohibiting her from naming her son messiah. a child support judge ordered the 7-month-old boy's name be changed saying it's a title earned by only one person. jesus christ. the mother says the jut. allowed to impose her own religious beliefs on anyone else. >> everybody can believe what they want. i should be able to name my child what i want to name him. >> the judge says the name

would put the child at odds with people in the christian area. she changed the name to martin mcullah. messiah was the fourth fastest rising baby name last year. critics of the decision say naming a child messiah is no different than people naming their children jesus. the father of a cherokee indian girl at the center of an adoption dispute turned himself in charged with custody stod yil interference for failing to return his daughter to her adoptive parents. the case is raised issues regarding the custody stod yil rights of fathers. he does plan to fight extradition to south carolina where the charges were filed. >> checking healthy living news air, new study suggests

pregnant women who have labor induce or speeded up are slightly more likely to have autistic children. that is the result of a new study. women whose labor started or augmented for 27% more likely to have an autistic child. the doctor stresses findings are preliminary. researchers looking at risk factors because this period plays a key role in brain development. >> a study suggests unexplained abdominal pain could lead to anxiety or depression in adulthood. research published today shows 51% of children who abdominal pain had an anxiety disorder during their lifetime. 40% had depression. the author says more research is needed to find out how the children were treated and whether that had affect on mental health. >> 16 public employees from ocean county, new jersey came

forward to claim a huge power ball jackpot. today the lucky pool winners were being called ocean's 16 a play on the "ocean's 11" movie series. the group matched all six numbers in the $448 million drawing. lottery officials say each will get about $3.8 million after taxes. another winning ticket sold in new jersey a minneapolis man also claimed one of the top prizes. >> so cool. >> michael finney is here answer being questions. >> yes. did he. >> jerry wrote i flew to london and jewelry was missing from my bags. who do i report to? >> back in the day would it have been easy. if you got to sticker on the bag saying it was inspected by the tsa, then you need to go to them. if you zront one of the stickers then you go to the

airline and also if you have homeowners many will cover items in the bag. you need to report to it them, good luck, everybody goes like this. >> ken wants to know can we see our driving record free, once a year like a credit report? >> no. no. as a matter of fact you can't. you can get the record but not free. you can go online, viewing it and print it for but that is not an official form. so you can send in $5 getting an official form or go down to dmv in person. people want to know what the record is like so they won't accept something printed off the internet. you can't just go there and just get it free.

>> thank you. >> sure. >> coming up next, many of the procedures works on cell phones. >> i'm dan ashley. coming up at 5:00 fans behaving badly. the giants fans behind that banana talk setting off cries of foul play explains what he was thinking. >> and why diamonds are a girl's best friend for a local winner who bought her ticket at this store in pleasanton. those story pz more coming up at 5:00. the news

whenáfei÷ an amber alert set off smart phones in the middle of the night it set in motion a review of the alert technology. abc 7 has more on what state lawmakers want to you do.

>> california first amber alert buy a cell phone startled people last week complaints include loud sheik, being woken up and receiving the message multiple times. it was for abduction of san diego county teen, hannah anderson. authorities credit the system with playing a key role in her save recovery in idaho this weekend it can help save the life of a child. as for amber alerts they do save lives, today, 656 lives have been -- now, 657. >> but the sound motivated people to opt out. a poll by a newspaper conducted the day after the alert found one third of respondents(ómt would disable te fee fewer. the alert is not just for missing children, also for imminent danger like a wildfire close to homes.

cj% hearing to make the system better encouraging people to keep it on. >> this being our first experience in california in stead of people deactivating we want to learn. >> i believe it's crazy how government has access to our phones. it can send out information like that to everyone. >> the majority said they don't mind receiving the messages if a life is at stake. >> well, how could i know to call the police and go, hey2wy, i've seen them? >> it takes one forn knots nths something. if i can be that one person, i'm doing my job. >> after the marrying the speaker plans on sending suggestions to fema. i thinks there is a way to disable the found while you're sleeping. >> thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins

right now with dan and cheryl. >>' young antioch boy attacked by one, possibly two pit bull autos and a giants fan comes clean about throwing a banana towards a rival player setting off a media feeding frenzy. >> warmer today, higher temperatures ahead. i'll have the details straight head. >> his head was in the dog's mouth. >> a young boy from antioch needed more than 100 stitches from a pit bull attack in his friend's home. good evening. >> the 10-year-old hunter was playing video games with his friend when attacked. he was air lifted to uc davis medical center. abc 7 news is live in antioch, leanne, his buddy was hurt,

too. right? >> well, let me just tell you before. this is important, he's had one surgery. more to follow. now we've talked to mom this afternoon. and i want to warn you what she told you might be too graphic for some of you. >> he was laying on the floor and mommy am i going to die? i am like no, you're not going die. >> these pictures taken by the mother of the 10-year-old who remains in the hospital. melody says her son had gone next door to play video games with a friend. according to police, the attack occurred as both were running up the stairs. >> the right side of the face the dog got him here and across his ear, half his ear off this, part of the face is gone. >> she claims both dog as tacked police say only one appears to be involved. the dog was taken